Reply by Martyroc

The hardest I worked with was Ipe, plus it weighs a ton, chewed through my cheap router bits but gave me an excuse to buy new better ones. I regularly work with all different types of Maple, some oak, cedar and ash. Never tried sycamore and sweet gum, and probably wouldn’t have until I saw the beautiful grain patterns. Maple is my go to wood, hard but not too hard, and machines well, especially with my new Freud router bits :)

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.